Matt Redman, who has penned many of the worship songs we have been singing in church for the past 20 years, will be leading worship nights in Cape Town and Pretoria next week. The Grammy award-winning worship leader and songwriter will also be inspiring SA worship leaders and songwriters at […]
Author: Andre Viljoen
Bible Reading Marathon gets ‘Fresh’ impetus as movement spreads to Namibia
Fresh Church in Windhoek, Namibia recently hosted a Bible Reading Marathon in which 102 people teamed up to read the whole Bible out aloud over approximately 91 hours. Exhausted but elated Fresh Church pastors Jaco Pretorius and Elsabe Horn said in an interview afterwards that they will definitely do another […]
My sabbatical time of refreshing and a pause in publishing
Back in February 2011 I launched Gateway News with a vision to bring hope in Jesus through news. Fourteen and a half years later I am days away from taking my first sabbatical break — a step recommended by the amazing people who pray with Val and me on Wednesday […]
Fears Heightened of More Carnage in Benue State, Nigeria
Originally published in Morning Star News Fears of another large-scale attack on Christians are growing in Benue state, Nigeria, where Fulani herdsmen slaughtered up to 200 people in Yelwata village on June 13-14, sources said. Initial reports confirmed 100 people had died in the attack on predominantly Christian Yelwata, but later data […]
WATCH: How should Evangelicals pray for Israel as it fights Tehran regime hell-bent on pursuing a Second Holocaust?
By Joel C Rosenberg, the editor-in-chief of ALL ISRAEL NEWS and ALL ARAB NEWS The general in charge of US Central Command (CENTCOM) testified to Congress last week that Iranian scientists were just one week away from enriching enough military-grade uranium to build their first nuclear bomb. And three weeks […]
US Supreme Court ruling on transgender surgery for minors ‘a big win for sanity’
The United Stated Supreme Court issued a landmark 6-3 ruling on Wednesday that upheld Tennessee’s law banning attempts to transition minors’ genders. The United States v Skrmetti case deals a major blow to transgender activists who have argued in favour of permitting underage children to take medicalized steps to identify with their […]
The Way — Angus Buchan
THE WAY We are living in terrible times of darkness in the world; everywhere we look there is trouble and some of us are maybe even losing our way. We hear of churches closing down, we hear of pastors going back to secular work because no one is coming to church, […]
Somali mother faces death for accepting Christ
Originally published in Worthy News A mother of three children in Somalia says she struggles to survive as Muslim relatives have driven her from their home and threaten to kill her for abandoning Islam and turning to faith in Christ. The 31-year-old woman, whose name wasn’t published due to security […]
FOR SA responds as CRL chair opens defamation case
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) “firmly rejects the false and defamatory claims made by Mrs Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva” at a CRL Rights Commission press conference on Thursday, says FOR SA in a press release. After the press conference, CRL chair Mkhwanazi-Xaluva went to Hillbrow Police Station to open a […]
Presidents, premiers, royalty urged to attend national repentance day in heart of KZN
Click here to financially support this vital national gathering God wants the president, past presidents and royalty to be part of a national repentance and fasting gathering at Nongoma, northern KwaZulu-Natal on July 18. So say the organisers of the event which was inspired by prophetic dreams [see prophetic word] […]

